Acute perichondritis of external ear

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H61.011 Acute perichondritis of right external ear
H61.012 Acute perichondritis of left external ear
H61.013 Acute perichondritis of external ear, bilateral
H61.019 Acute perichondritis of external ear, unspecified ear

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acute perichondritis of external ear

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Perichondritis > pinna
Perichondritis > auricle
Disease, diseased > outer ear
Disorder > ear > external > pinna
Disorder > pinna > perichondritis
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Disease, diseased > auricle, ear NEC
Perichondritis > external auditory canal
Disorder > ear > external > perichondritis
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis or anthelicis
Perichondritis > ear > acute

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H61.00	Unspecified perichondritis of external ear	Not billable
H61.02	Chronic perichondritis of external ear	Not billable
H61.03	Chondritis of external ear	Not billable